Wringer



Oct. 11, 1927. 97

5. E. SCHROEDER WRINGER Filed March 14, 1925 2 Sheets- Sheet 1 Q Q m lq "3 1 s. E. SCHROEDER WRINGER Fiied March 14. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Oct. 11, 1927.

SIMON SGHROEDER, 0F NEWTON IOWA.

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Application filed March 14, 1925. Serial No. 15,434

This invention relates to improvements in the construction of Wringers of a type designed primarily for domestic laundry use, particularly in connection with Various types of washing machines. A general object of the invention is the provision of a wringer construction which may be manufactured economlcally, which will operate effectively for passage of ma terial through it-in either direction, which safe-guards both the material and the operator against injury, and which possesses many conveniences in demountability and accessibility of ,parts for cleaning or the like.

One of the particular objects'of the invention is the "provision of improved water guiding means effective to return expressed water toward the feed side of the machine and prevent its coming into contact with the portions of the material which have passed through the bite of the wringer rollers;

Another object of the inventionis the provision of a wringer unit comprising parts readily separable by simple lift actlon without the requirement of the release or detachment of bolts, screws and the like.

Another particular object is the provision of improved means of this sort which facilitates the feeding of the wringer at either side, and may be accommodated to either direction of feed with a minimum of adjustment.

Still 'another object is the provision of a construction which permits the complete disassembling of the Water directing members from the wringer frame quickly and Without the loosening of screws or similar connecting members.

Other and further objects will be pointed out hereinafter, indicated in the appended claims, or obvious to one skilled in the art upon an understanding of the present disclosure.

For the purpose of this application I,

have elected to illustrate and describe herein certain illustrative embodiments of the invention but it is to be understood that these are not to be presented as exhaustive of its structural forms, and they are not to be accorded any effect limiting the invention defined in the claims short of its true and most comprehensive scope in the art.

'In thedrawings forming a part of this specification Fig. l is a front elevation of the device, the upper portion being in section;

the shaft ofthe roller 22 is received slots of the side frame members so that 110 Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation on line 22 of Fig. 1 but with the upper portion of the wringer removed;

Fig. 3 is a top View trated in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4. is a section on substantially line H of Fig. 2'; Y

, Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation like Fig. 2, of a modified embodiment; and

Fig, 6 is an enlarged detail section showmg the drain deflector positioning means.

The nature of the invention will be most quickly understood by immediate reference to the drawings. Let it be understoodthat in these embodiments, there is a wringer of a portion illusframe made up of'a base channel portion 10 and end frame members 11, which latter are slotted at their inner sides so .as to procooperates at its ends with vertically slidableconnectors 16 which are positioned against the outer walls of the side frame members and retained by the headedrivets 17 which slide in slots 18,-one of the connectors 16 having an elongated slot 16 to accommodate the extended shaft end 13*. The connectors are slotted at their upperends and carry rollers 19. Stops 20 limit the downward movement of the connectors 16. The wringer head frame 20" is adapted to fit over the upper ends of the side frame members 11 and house the projecting portions of the connectors 16. The head carries the upper bearings 21v in which is journalled the pressure roller 22, same being held in\ the bearings by the pins 24. A stub shaft 25 is journalled at the top of the head 20 100 for rotation by means of the crank 26, and

carries at its lower end the toggle link 27. a

erallythrough the iheadmember and 105 through slots in the, bearings 21, in which said links are supported on rollers 29. When the head is positioned on the frame,

in the the pressure roller may contact the roller 13 and have the necessary freedom of vertical movement. Theconnecting links 28 align with the slots in the upper ends of the connectors 16 so that, upon rotation of the stub shaft 25, the connecting links will be moved outwardly and their bevelled outer ends projected under the. rollers 19. The wedging action thus exerted on the rollers 19 will cam the connectors 16 upwardly and stress the spring 15, the reaction of which is transmitted through the connectors and connecting links 28 to the upper bearings 21 and the pressure roller 22, so as to press the latter into cooperation with the roller 13 under yielding pressure. By rotation of i the shaft 25 the connecting links 28 may be retracted from engagement With the rollers 19, and the head thereby freed to permit its complete removal, together with the pressure roller 22, from the frame. The roller 13 likewise may be removed from the frame by lifting it through the side frame slots at such an inclinationthat the end of the shaft may be Withdrawn from the socket 14.

The means for controlling the direction of flow of the water from the wringer rollers includes an apron member and an adjustable flow directing member. As is best seen in Fig. 4, the terminal portions of the end frame members which overlap the base member 10, are flanged outwardly to provide the slot flanges 30 which constitute retaining members for holding the apron on the frame. The latter is formed of bracket portions 31 which have laterally directed flanges 32 adapted to be received under the slot flanges 30. These bracket members are connected by andsupport the sloping apron 34, which is turned up at its ends to provide the flow guides 35, which extend to the side frame members. The bracket members 31 may be made of quite stiff metal and shaped to embrace the flow guides 35, and afford substantial supports for the relatively light apron portion 34. The brackets 31 at the opposite sides of the base member are connected by stiff straps 36 which are humped upwardly to fit over stop members 37 struck upwardly in the top of the base frame member. Consequently, the entire apron may be removed from the frame simply by sliding it upwardly until the flanges 32- are disengaged from the flanges 30. It will be observed that portion 34 extends up to a position overlapping the base member 10, and its slope is such as to carry away water which may be discharged onto it at either side of the rollers.

The flow directing member is in the nature of a tilting drain board having a slightly concaved base portion 40 extending substantially the full width of the opening between the side frame members 11. This is carried on bifurcated end plates 41 which have their outer margins deflected inwardly to form guards'42, same being of sufficient width to overlap the end portions of the rollers. Adjacent. their upper extremities the end plates 41 are provided with outwardly deflected hooks 44 adapted to be slid onto the end frame flanges 11 at the top of the latter, and being so spaced as plates on said flanges without 'the possibility of disengagement. By virture of this arrangement the flow direct-ing member 40 may be adjusted either to the position illustrated in full lines in Fig. 2, or to the position illustrated in dotted lines. In the first mentioned position it'will deflect water discharged from the rollers to the right, and discharge it. on the apron member 34, and when in the other position the drain board will direct and discharge the waterto the left. To retain the flow directing member in the selected position, it is provided with the lugs 45, carried on the end plates 41, adapted to ride over, as the flow direct-ing member is swung in either direction, the up-struck portion of the connecting straps 36 and be held against movement in the reverse direction by the engagement of said lugs with said Lip-struck portion. In order to adjust the drain board from one position to the other, therefore, it is necessarythat it be lifted slightly, as permitted by the freedom of the hooks 44 on the flanges 11 so that the lugs 45 will clear the stops, and then swung to the opposite position and again lowered so that the lugs will contact the stops. It will be observed that the upri ht end portions of this flow directing mem er overlap the ends of the rollers, so that water flowing off of the latter will be caught and discharged in the desired direction. The guards 42, in their overlapping relationship with the ends of the'rollers, prevent the material fed between the latter from working off the ends of the rollers and becoming wedged or entangled between them and the side frame portions. One of the great advantages of this construction and arrangement of the adjustable. .water directing member resides in the fact that it may be relatively narrow, whereby its higher side is maintained substantially below the bite of the rollers and out of the path of the material issuing therefrom, while its lower side is in contact with the apron portion 34 and does not offer opportunity for material becoming caught between them whenfed into the machine. The head of the machine and the", rollers having been removed as "above described, the adjustable water directing member may be completely removed from the frame simply by sliding it upwardly on the flanges 11 following which the entire apron may be removed as above described;

to permit a rocklng movement of the end In; the construction illustrated in Fig. 5 the apron portions 34 at the opposite sides of the frame 'are independently removable, being carried on brackets 31 which are retained by slot flanges as in the form de-' scribed above. In this embodiment the Water .directing member 50 has trunnions 51 which arejournalled in holes in the lower bearing members 12, and it is frictionally retained by ,an expansion spring 52 coiled on the trunnions. An end guard 54:. is mounted on each of the side frame members, being retained by outwardly turned flanges 54* which engage on the end frame flanges 11 Each end guard has an arcuate inwardly directed flange 54 which underlies the ends of the rollers to catch water therefrom and direct it on to the member 50. 'At their outer sides the end guards have inwardly extending guard flanges 54 which overlap the ends of the rollers to prevent material feeding .ofl" of them, The. end guard members 54 are connected by troughlike guides 55 which are hinged on ears 54?. These guides support the material as it is fed between the rollers and as it issues from them, preventing its coming into contact with the adjustable member 50. This arrangement of end guards is effective to prevent water flowing down along the end frames and flowing off at the discharge side of the machine. i The end guard members 54 and their connectingguides are completely removable from the frame, as a unit, after the head and rollers have been removed, by sliding them upwardly to disengage their flanges 54 The adjustable member 50 is likewise removable from the frame by sliding the bearings .14 upwardly through the end frame members, and the aprons are likewise removable from the frame by slidingthem upwardly out of the flange grooves.

From the foregoing, it will be noted that the invention generally involves details of structure that serve for convenience and higher utilities. Especially is this true with reference to the denrountable features which make it possible, by the removal of the top framing member, which. removal carries with it the top roll that the lower roll may then be lifted out and thereafter successively the deflector drain member and apron,or aprons.

Further, in actual conception I have in mind, and have in practice, associated the two flow guides in a single unit and removably mounted it at the top of the base member of the frame immediately below the adjustable drain member.

The main feature of the invention resides inthe capability of ready separation of all of the parts of the complete wringer unit without utilizing screws, bolts and the like.

In addition to the features of advantage above suggested is that of being able to disassociate related parts for convenience in shipping.

What I claim is:

1. In a wringer, a frame open atits upper end and comprising a base, side members and adetachable to closure member and an assembly of working parts of the wringer supported in the frame and removable therefrom by simple vertical lift, including a pair of wringer rolls, flow guides and a shiftable deflector for optionally directing the flow of liquid to the respective flow guides, the flow guides and deflector being slidably mounted in the frame.

2. In a wringer, a frame comprising a base, channeled side members forming an,

open topped guideway, wringer rollers supported in said frame, a removable top closure member, and a deflector member provided with means the'reon for slidably engaging the channeled side members to facilitate its removal from the frame by simple vertical lift.

able deflector and guard member slidably mounted in said frame and comprising an extended base portion, and fur'cated end plates connected therewith provided with means thereon having slidable engagement with the side frame members.

4. In a wringer, a: frame having a stop member thereon and a swingable, vertically movable drain member associated therewith, comprising a base member having a lug thereon for engagement with the stop on the frame, furcated end plates connected therewith fashioned with inturned guard portions and with means thereon slidably and swingably engaging the frame.

5. In a wringer, a frame including a base member, flow guides removably seated on the base member, comprising apron members and depending bracket members fashioned thereon embracing the base member and provided with flanged portions engaging with the frame, and upwardly extending laterally disposed side wallmembers on the frame engaged by said flanged portions.

Y 6. In a wringer, a frame open at its top, a

. wringer rolls therein, and drain means associated with the frame comprising flow guides connected with the frame and a laterally adjustable deflector member co-operating therewith and with the wringer rolls for deflecting liquid to the'flow guides optionally at either side of the wringer, comprising a base portion and side plate members attached thereto, the latter being provided with means for swingably and slidably relating the deflector member to the frame.

'7. In a wringer, an open topped frame including a base and side members and a detachable top closure, a flow guide member and a shiftable deflector slidably assembled with said frame one above the other.

8. In a wringer. an open topped frame including a base and side members and a top closure member, a flow guide member a shiftable deflector member slidably assembled with said frame one on top of the other and a bottom and top roll assembled in said frame one on top of the other and above the flow guides and deflector member.

.9. In a wringer, an open topped frame including a base and side members and a top closure member, a flow guide member, a shiftable deflector member slidably assembled with said frame one on top of the other, a bottom and top roll assembled in said frame one on top of the other and above the flow guide and deflector member and means for locking said parts in assembled relation.

10. In a wringer, an open topped frame including'a base and side members, a top roll supported by said top member and a top closure member, a flow guide member, a

,shiftable deflector -member slidably assembled with said frame one on top of the other, a bottom roll assembled in said frame above said flow guide and deflector member and means for coincidently locking said parts in assembled relation and placing the rolls under initial tension.

11. In a wringer, a main frame comprising a base bar and end uprights, said uprights comprising an outer wall, and inwardly directed side walls with vertical lips, and

roller guards each comprising a slotted plate having hooks along the slot slidably engaging the vertical lips.

12. In a wringer, a main frame comprising a base bar and end uprights, said up-' rights comprising an outer wall, and inwardly directed side walls with vertical lips, and roller guards each comprising a slotted plate having hooks along the slot slidably engagingi the Vertical lips and having a roller-guarding outer flange.

13. In a wringer, a main frame comprising a base bar and end uprights, brackets formed to vertically slidably engage the side faces of the base bar, vertically slidable interlocking parts carried by the brackets and base bar, and a drain plate structure bent downward ateach side of the bar and secured to said brackets.

14. In a wringer, a mainframe comprising a base bar and end uprights, brackets formed to vertically slidably engage the base bar, and a drain plate structure carried by said brackets and having oppositely inclined s1 es.

teaaaar 15. In a wringer, a frame having a base 'bar and a drain plate comprising a plate vertical substantially alined portions beneath the plate'with their adjacent ends spaced apart, a portion bridging the gap between said ends, and portions of the brackets formed for interlocking sliding engagement with the base bar. f

16. In a wringer, frame having a base bar, and a drain plate comprising a plate structure having a downwardly inclined portion on each side ofthe base bar and upturned ends, and two bracing brackets each comprising two vertical substantially alined portions beneath the plate with their adjacent ends spaced apart, a portion bridging the gap between said ends, and portions on the brackets formed for interlocking sliding engagement with the base bar.

17. In a wringer, a frame having a base bar, and a drain plate comprising a plate structure having a downwardly inclined portion on each side of the base bar, and two bracing brackets each comprising two substantially alined vertical portions beneath the plate with their adjacent ends spaced apart, a portion bridging the gap between said ends, portions formed for interlocking sliding engagement with the base bar, and upturned portions projecting above the drain face of the plate.

' 18. In a wringer, a frame having a base bar, and a drain plate for wringers comprising a plate structure having downwardly inclined portion on each side of the base bar andupturned. ends and two bracing brackets each comprising two Vertical substantially alined portions beneath the plate with their adjacent ends spaced apart, a portion bridg ing the gap between said ends, portions on the brackets formed for interlocking sliding engagement with the base bar, and upturned portions on the brackets projecting above the drain face of the plate and secured to the upturned ends of said plate.

'19. In a wringer, a frame, wringer rolls therein, drain means associated with the frame and comprising flow guides at opposite sides of the frame, and a laterally adjustable deflector arranged above the flow guides, said deflector having parts extending above the bite between the rolls and swingably and slidably interlocked with the frame, and said deflector having a part co-operatadjustment.

In testimony whereof I'aflix my signature.

SIMON E. SCHROEDER. 

